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Women in Industry: At a Royal Ordnance factory in north-west England, where women were employed to test Sten guns before delivery to the army. Mrs Gladys Martin is pictured shooting at targets in the factory's covered range.

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Women in Industry: Two British munitions girls wearing no-coupon clogs which were specially designed for women in Royal Ordnance factories. They were particularly suitable for the dangerous explosive shops.

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West Indian aid to Britain: The people of Jamaica supply a Crusader tank to Britain: Lieutenant Colonel Yeo (left, from the War Office) and Major General J S Crawford (Deputy Director General of Fighting Vehicle Production) at the hand-over of the tank...

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Wartime Entertainers: The singer Vera Lynn, who became so popular with British servicemen that she was known as the 'Forces Sweetheart' sings to workers during their lunch break at a factory in the south of England.